{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='New York Sues Trump’s Charitable Foundation' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d7b7d8eafeecae20e275' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d7b7d8eafeecae20e275' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNew York Sues Trump’s Charitable Foundation\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eNew York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Donald Trump of illegally using money from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits against his business empire and steer donations to veterans groups to burnish his image...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Donald Trump of illegally using money from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits against his business empire and steer donations to veterans groups to burnish his image during his run for the White House. The president blasted the suit as politically motivated. \u003cbr/\u003e              The suit seeks 2.8 million US dollars in restitution and the dissolution of the foundation. \u003cbr/\u003e              The two-year investigation detailed a closely coordinated effort between Trump's campaign and foundation to promote Trump's political persona by giving out big grants - of other people's money - in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating contest of 2016, the suit says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The foundation's grants made Mr. Trump and the campaign look charitable and increased the candidate's profile to Republican primary voters and among important constituent groups Democratic Attorney General Barbara Underwood's lawsuit said. It accused the foundation of \"improper and extensive political activity, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions, and failure to follow basic fiduciary obligations.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              In a couple of tweets, Trump called the case \"ridiculous.\" \"I won't settle this case!\" he wrote. \u003cbr/\u003e              The 31-year-old foundation said it has given more than 19 million US dollars to charitable causes while keeping expenses minimal, and Trump and his companies have contributed more than 8 million US dollars. It already announced its intention to dissolve more than a year ago, the charity added in a statement. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is politics at its very worst,\" the statement said, noting that the former New York attorney general who began the investigation, Democrat Eric Schneiderman, was a vocal Trump opponent. Schneiderman resigned last month after allegations that he physically abused women he had dated; he denied the claims. Trump's tweets also pointed to Schneiderman's resignation. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Schneiderman, who ran the Clinton campaign in New York, never had the guts to bring this ridiculous case, which lingered in their office for almost two years. Now he resigned his office in disgrace, and his disciples brought it when we would not settle,\" Trump said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Schneiderman started probing the charity and ordered it to stop fundraising in New York in 2016, after The Washington Post reported that the foundation's spending personally benefited the presidential candidate. \u003cbr/\u003e              Some of those expenditures, uncovered by The Post, were cited in the lawsuit, including a 100-thousand US dollar payment to settle legal claims against Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., 158-thousand US dollars to resolve a suit over a prize for a hole-in-one contest at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and 10-thousand US dollars for a 6-foot-tall (1.8-metre) portrait of Trump, purchased at a charity auction. \u003cbr/\u003e              Underwood, a career government lawyer who was appointed after Schneiderman's resignation, has said she doesn't intend to run for election.\u003cbr/\u003e              She says shed referred her findings to the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission for possible further regulatory action. \u003cbr/\u003e              In exchange for their tax-exempt status, charities are required to follow certain rules, among them a strict prohibition against getting involved in political campaigns. \u003cbr/\u003e              The Trump Foundation's mission says its funds are to be used \"exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes,\" either directly or through other organizations, according to the lawsuit. In keeping with federal tax rules, the charity's incorporation documents say none of its resources can directly or indirectly go to the benefit its directors or officers and none of its activities can benefit any political candidate or campaign, the filing notes. \u003cbr/\u003e              Trump's foundation was \"co-opted\" by his presidential campaign, particularly in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating caucuses of 2016, the lawsuit says. \u003cbr/\u003e              Spurning a Republican candidates' debate on Jan. 28, 2016 _ four days before the caucuses _ Trump instead participated in a televised rally and fundraiser for veterans' organizations. \u003cbr/\u003e              The event raised about $5.6 million, about $2.8 million of which went to the Trump Foundation; the rest was given directly by donors to veterans' groups, the lawsuit says. Then the foundation \"ceded control\" over giving out the money to campaign staff, the suit says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Is there any way we can make some disbursements this week while in Iowa?\" then-campaign-manager Corey Lewandowski wrote in an email to the chief financial officer of Trump's business, the Trump Organization. Lewandowski did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. \u003cbr/\u003e              The foundation went on to make five grants of $100,000 before the caucuses, with Trump presenting giant checks at a series of campaign rallies, to applause from audiences and plaudits from such figures as Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of evangelical Liberty University and the son of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who was a force in Republican politics. \u003cbr/\u003e              The oversized checks bore Trump's \"Make America Great Again\" campaign slogan along with the foundation's address. \u003cbr/\u003e              Trump didn't give any money personally at the time, but several months later, after media pressure, followed through on a pledge to donate $1 million. \u003cbr/\u003e              Underwood's suit was filed the same day that the Justice Department's inspector general was due to release a report on former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS \u003cbr/\u003e              Internet - June 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Scrolling of first page of NY Attorney General's lawsuit\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Lawsuit, highlighted portion asking to bar Donald Trump from serving in a non-profit organisation for ten years\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of front page of lawsuit\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various screengrabs of lawsuit alleging payments made by foundation to settle Trump legal claims\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various screengrabs of lawsuit detailing allegations related to Trump veterans event\u003cbr/\u003e              POOL\u003cbr/\u003e              Des Moines, Iowa - January 28, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Wide of Trump veterans event\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Des Moines, Iowa - January 28, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Will I get more votes? Will I get less votes? Nobody knows. Who the hell knows? But it's for our vets and you're going to like it because we raised over five million dollars in one day.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Internet - June 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Screengrab of lawsuit describing Trump awarding giant cheque in Sioux City, Iowa\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Sioux City, Iowa - January 31, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              9. STILL of Donald Trump presenting giant cheque to veterans organization\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Internet - June 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Screengrab of lawsuit describing Trump awarding giant cheque in Davenport, Iowa\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Davenport, Iowa - January 30, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              11. STILL of Donald Trump awarding giant cheque to veterans foundation Puppy Jake\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Internet - June 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              12. 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